
Urgent matters first:
1. My friend and RAGA associate James George Jatras sent the following appeal:
Dear Friends:
The petition below was posted on the White House website today. It is self-explanatory. Please go to the link to sign. Distribute widely via email and social media. Thanks, Jim
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/president-donald-trump-should-hold-early-summit-russian-president-vladimir-putin
I signed it myself and posted it on RAGA facebook. I suggest you do likewise.2. CONGRATS to Ed and Tatiana Lozansky, RAGA's old-time peace-loving friends !
Read about them Celebrating 1982: A Pivotal Year
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/21/celebrating-1982-pivotal-year/
or here https://www.facebook.com/RAGAforPeace/
3. Ed Lozansky's persistent efforts to promote US-Russia friendship do not go without resistance. Smear campaign against Ed Lozansky continues unabated. This time Ksenia Kirillova, a Russian journalist living in the USA, suggests that it was Lozansky who had formulated the Kremlin's strategy of undermining American democracy. One would think that Radio Svoboda's (Freedom!) task should not be contrary to any peace-promoting efforts. The link is in Russian, but I am sure much of the same stuff Kirillova says one can find in any US paper. https://www.svoboda.org/a/29229380.html
4. RAGA also joins in supporting 2018 PEACE PRIZE NOMINEES
<<We are pleased to announce that our Founding Members have nominated seven outstanding Americans to be considered for the Foundation's 2018 Peace Prize. They are Daniel Ellsberg, Nancy Mancias, Colman McCarthy, David Swanson, Sharon Tennison, Sally-Alice Thompson, and S. Brian Willson.>> https://mailchi.mp/uspeacememorial/2018-peace-prize-nominees?e=1b14d9bd2d
About half of the nominees have been quoted either in RAGA Antidotes or in my own writings. All deserve recognition!
5. When I was a student at the University of Moscow, around 1957, there appeared a very mellow, romantic, and totally unpolitical song, Moscow Nights,which soon became very popular in the USSR and world-wide. Since the song is about relaxing Summer time, I hope you'd enjoy it right now, performed by Dmitry Hvorostovsky, a world-renown opera singer who recently passed away, and Anna Netrebko, likewise a famed opera singer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D_UepJMizs) Moscow Nights - Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Anna Netrebko | Russian Songs with English Subtitles:
Brother Nathanael
May 24, 2018 @ 5:47 pm
Text -Text- Text
<<I had such a dream just the other night
Dreamt I was on tour in famed Red Square;
Then three men appeared wearing spiteful sneers
In this most beautiful Moscow night.
Then three men appeared wearing spiteful sneers
In this most beautiful Moscow night.
As I ventured forth I recognized those men
Graham, McCain, and Marco Rubio;
Gave me such a start under a waxing moon
In this night that could not end too soon....>>
Of course, it is a political spoof, but one cannot deny Brother Nathanael's compelling stage presences. As long as his satire serves the cause of peace, Brother Nathanael is right on the target. http://www.realjewnews.com/?p=1294
6. Recently RAGA got a number of positive news. One of the best was we formed "an alliance" with Elephant Rescue.net
First, its founder and director Phillip Hathaway asked RAGA to publish this "Letter to Russia and the USA" http://www.raga.org/news/letter-to-russia-and-the-usa-phillip-hathaway
4/4/2018 It starts:
<<While visiting the beautiful Kremlin with its splendid architecture and gold-gilded churches, I met a young Russian soldier who was on duty in uniform posted near the enormous Tsar Cannon. He had, apparently, been instructed to politely answer questions and give directions to visitors. He may have wondered why I was so delighted to meet him. Of course, it was because as a former member of the United States Army, I had been told that we would fight the Russians someday.
Yet, there I stood shaking hands with a Russian soldier in an expression friendship that I hope will be repeated many times.>>
Read more:
http://www.raga.org/news/letter-to-russia-and-the-usa-phillip-hathaway
A few days later Mr. Hathaway asked us to publish this "Letter to President Trump", and we gladly obliged:
4/15/2018
Dear Mr. President,
On October 26, 2016, while campaigning against Hillary Clinton in the general election, you discussed the importance of not intervening in Syria. “What we should do is focus on ISIS. We should not be focusing on Syria. You’re going to end up in World War Three over Syria if we listen to Hillary Clinton. You’re not fighting Syria any more, you’re fighting Syria, Russia and Iran, all right? Russia is a nuclear country, but a country where the nukes work as opposed to other countries that talk.”
That was a direct quote from Trump the candidate. Read more
http://www.raga.org/news/letter-to-president-trump-about-syria-from-phillip-hathaway
LETTER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP about Syria from Phillip Hathaway
Since 1980, more than 850,000 elephants have been slaughtered for tasks and hides business. Now 350,000 remain
If you want to help the Elephants, write to
Phillip Hathaway, MLA
Founder and Chairman
ElephantRescue.net
7122 South Sheridan Road,Suite 2-122
Tulsa, OK 74133 USA
(918) 619-9007
http://elephantrescue.net/
https://twitter.com/elephantplan
http://elephantrescue.net/tulsa-people-magazine-saving-a-species/
Phillip Hathaway - Home | Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/thephilliphathaway
7. Finally, if you live near Baltimore, I recommend you dive into the world of classical music which knows no religious, racial or political divisions.
FESTIVAL BALTIMORE, June 3-17, 2018:
CONCERTS |12 DAYS OF MASTERCLASSES
UNIQUE LISTENING AND LEARNING EXPERIENCE
AT UMBC's AWARD-WINNING
EARL AND DARIELLE LINEHAN CONCERT HALL!
https://www.festivalbaltimore.com
ASIYA KOREPANOVA, piano
DMITRII NILOV, percussion
MARIA SUMAREVA, piano
TCHAIKOVSKY: COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS
Don't be surprised that about 50% of composers and performers have exotic, even BAROQUE, Russian names. All are approved by TSA
Petition Trump, once again,
Ronald Reagan famously said: “A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. The only value in our two nations possessing nuclear weapons is to make sure they will never be used.” Unfortunately, today a new Cold War between the US and Russia again poses an existential threat to the people of both nations and to the whole world. Therefore, we urge President Trump to follow in the steps of Ronald Reagan and to start a direct dialogue with President Putin in search of solid and verified security arrangements.
Needs 99,422 signatures by June 20, 2018 to get a response from the White House https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/president-donald-trump-should-hold-early-summit-russian-president-vladimir-putin
Speaking of Putin, the news just came in about extraordinary success of St. Petersburg Economic forum IN SPITE of all sanctions.Is Russia becoming the Free Trade forum for the Universe?
By Jim W. Dean, Managing Editor - May 26, 2018
Macron’s St. Petersburg mission: Keep Russia in the European family
[ Editor’s Note: Some high stakes geopolitical poker has been going on at the Saint Petersburg Forum, where once again Putin is holding the stage as ground zero for free trade and a multi-polar world.
Putin came up with the elephant in the living room by asking how one deals with an international partner who assumes that all past international agreements are up for renegotiation after every US national election.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2018/05/26/is-russia-becoming-the-free-trade-forum-for-the-universe/
If you missed Antidote 43, the link is below (other issues are online too)
http://www.raga.org/news/peace-raga-antidote-43-israel-palestine-shamir-jon-utley-rabbi-alissa-wise-gideon-levy-norman-finkelstein-lozansky-brennertennison-brownfeld-brown-lord-west-realrussia-ray-mcgovern-jimmy-carter-paul-craig-roberts
Sincerely,
W George Krasnow (http://wiki-org.ru/wiki/Краснов,_Владислав_Георгиевич)
President, RAGA
www.raga.org
Peace and Justice to the World.
миру мир и благоволение в сердцах
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